Graduate Student Association
Graduate Student Resource Directory
The Graduate Student Resource Directory is a database of SOE graduate students willing to be contacted by incoming or existing students to discuss common areas of interest. This directory was created to encourage student discourse, association and fellowship within and without the walls of Peabody. As such, students are urged to use this directory throughout their graduate student career.
Please note: participation in the directory is strictly voluntary on a student-by-student basis and is updated in the fall of every academic year.
Academic Areas
Teaching and Learning
- Curriculum and Instruction, Ed.D.
- Master of Arts in Teaching, M.A.T.
- Master of Education for Experienced Teachers, M.Ed.
Early Childhood Intervention and Family Support - Master of Education for Experienced Teachers, M.Ed.
K-6, 6-9, 9-12, K-12 in Various Teaching Areas
Educational Leadership
Human Development and Psychological Studies
- Education, M.A. (Early Childhood, Intervention and Literacy)
- Education, Ph.D. (Early Childhood, Intervention and Literacy)
- Education, M.A. (Educational Psychology, Measurement and Evaluation)
- Education, Ph.D. (Educational Psychology, Measurement and Evaluation)
- School Counseling, M.Ed.
- School Psychology, Ph.D.
Culture, Curriculum and Change
Teaching and Learning
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitchett | Paul | 4th | pfitchet@email.unc.edu 919-923-3090 |
K-12 Social Studies Education; Teacher Characteristics; Mechanisms of Teacher Attrition and Retention; Instructional Methods; Curriculum Development |
| Smith | Carla | ABD | cmsmith@chccs.k12.nc.us 919-969-4452 |
Educating African-American males; Family/community involvement in education |
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | Jessica | 1st | jcarnaha@email.unc.edu 919-960-8639 |
English literature; English as a Second Language; Montessori method' Interdisciplinary cooperation; Constructivist classrooms |
| Billman | Jean | 1st | jbillman@email.unc.edu | Foreign Language Education |
| Blair | Catherine | 1st | catieblair@gmail.com 704-608-0444 |
Social studies education; Education policy |
| Edwards | Carolyn | 1st | ce@email.unc.edu | Social Studies |
| Holz | Rebecca | 1st | rholz@email.unc.edu | |
| Morgan | Rebecca | 1st | rebecca.morgan@gmail.com 407-234-1014 |
Music Education |
| Shive | Amanda | 1st | amanda.shive@gmail.com 704-674-2281 |
Literacy |
| Story | Roddy | 1st | roddy.story@gmail.com 919-636-5746 |
Secondary Education |
| Tucker | Craig | 1st | kctucker@email.unc.edu | Social studies education |
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harshaw | Kimberly | 1st | kimberly.harshaw@ orange.k12.nc.us 919-563-4732 |
Early Childhood Intervention/Development |
| McGregor | Emily | 1st | emilypedersen@hotmail.com | Diversity issues in early childhood professional development; Family-professional partnership. |
| Williamson | Tenisha | 1st | thwmson@yahoo.com | Early Childhood Intervention and Family Support; Improving relationships with African American Children and Teachers; Performance of African American Children; Relationships and Interactions among African American students and teachers |
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmer | George | 1st | ggilmer1@nc.rr.com 919-960-8474 |
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| Hebdon | Marie Stephanie | 1st | shebdon@unc.edu | Educational Technology |
| Tauber | Andrew | 1st | mote101@email.unc.edu 919-357-4302 |
Technology |
Educational Leadership
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper | Brent | ABD | cooperjb@email.unc.edu 919-837 5316 |
K-8 schools; Middle schools; Teachers' working conditions; Middle grades curriculum; Athletics (middle school, high school, and collegiate) |
| Williams | Kebbler | 1st | kwilliams9@wcpss.net 919-773-3892 |
TBD |
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayer | Silvia | 1st | sbayer@lee.k12.nc.us 919-774-3529 ext. 221 |
Best Practices of an effective leader |
| Benoit | Jennfier | 1st | jbenoit@unc.edu | Special Education; Elementary Education; Early Childhood; Adolesence |
| Lacy | Chanin | 1st | cvlacy@email.unc.edu 919-266-9915 | Cultural influences in education |
| Smith | LaTonya | 1st | latonya_smith@unc.edu | Race and socioeconomic disparities in education |
| Williamitis | Darla | 1st | dwilliamitis@nc.rr.com 910-764-0462 |
Human Development and Psychological Studies
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bratsch | Mary | 1st | bratsch@email.unc.edu 919-357-3518 |
Preschool/home transitions to Kindergarten; Literacy access; Children's literature; Family and community contributions to literacy |
| Caron | Jenna-Marie | 4th | jcaron@email.unc.edu 919-557-7107 |
Early childhood policy; Class size; Kindergarten |
| Plummer | Amanda | 1st | alplumme@email.unc.edu 408-439-1439 |
Autism; Families accessing services; Bilingual children/families |
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurwitz | Sarah | ABD | sarah_hurwitz@unc.edu 919-602-1876 |
Autism and early intervention for children with special needs. |
| Mayer | Kelley | ABD | klmayer@email.unc.edu 919 593 7815 |
Emergent writing; Teacher-child relationships |
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costa | Lara-Jeane | 2nd | jeane@email.unc.edu | Special Education |
| Craver | Meredith | 2nd | mdcraver@email.unc.edu | Mathematics Education; Motivation; Cognitive Thinking |
| Deekens | Victor | 1st | deekens@email.unc.edu | Research and development; Adult Learning |
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glienke | Beverly | 4th | bbower@email.unc.edu 919-949-9638 |
Motivation; Adolescent Development; Mathematics Education |
| Robertson | Jane | 1st | janer009@email.unc.edu 919-357-1670 |
Teacher retention; Student achievement; Social constructivist theory; Statistics education |
| Rosenberg | Sharyn | ABD | sflevine@email.unc.edu 919-237-1726 |
Quantitative methods; Measurement; Statistics |
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augst | Kelsey | 1st | augst@email.unc.edu | Role of the school counselor in elementary education; School transitions; Impacts of counseling programs on overall school climate |
| Dixon | Julie | 1st | jvazquez@nc.rr.com 919-403-0720 |
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| Kingsley | Megan | 1st | mkingsley07@gmail.com | |
| Mckoy | Thomas | 1st | tcmckoy@email.unc.edu | |
| Michaels | Forest | 1st | fmich@email.unc.edu | Middle School counseling; Using yoga in schools as an educational management tool |
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitson | Rachel | 1st | rskits@gmail.com | |
| Lee (Sauer) | Andrea | 3rd | sandrea@email.unc.edu | Linguistically and culturally diverse students and families; Development, needs, and services for children with chronic illness; Working with young (B-K) children and families and early intervention |
Culture, Curriculum and Change
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hart | Catherine | 1st | cphart@email.unc.edu | Educational policy |
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Email/Telephone | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bader | Beth | 1st | bbader@email.unc.edu 919-967-1656 |
Teacher workforce development; Teacher retention; Teacher-administrator interactions |
| Charpentier | Amy | 1st | acharpen@gmail.com | Education in the Mississippi Delta; Service Learning; Community Development/Empowerment |
| Cooper | Buck | 2nd | coopejb@email.unc.edu | Science Education; Social Foundations; Teacher Education; Science Studies; Qualitative Research Methods |
| Ewell | Sara | 3rd | sbs@email.unc.edu | Urban education; Teacher education |
| Gillenwater | Cary | 2nd | cgillen@email.unc.edu 919-968-3335 |
Media; Adolescents; Middle School Language Arts |
| Jones | Jennifer K. | 3rd | jonesjk@email.unc.edu | Teacher Education; Critical Multicultural Education; Social Studies |
| Liu | Yanjun | 1st | cindyliumo@gmail.com | International Education |
| Markworth | Kim | 2nd | markwort@email.unc.edu 919-599-6225 |
Teacher Education; Math Education; Cognition and Learning; Qualitative and Quantitative Research |
| Mount-Cors | MaryFaith | 3rd | maryfaith@unc.edu | Comparative and International education |
| Siko | Kari | ABD | siko@email.unc.edu | Teacher education; Technology; English education |
| Thorstensson | Liv | 2nd | lthorste@email.unc.edu | Second and foreign language learning and instruction; Immigration and education; International education; Social foundations; Teacher education; Qualitative research |
| Trygstad | Peggy | 4th | peggy@email.unc.edu 919-967-5785 |
Reform Based Science Teaching (Secondary Science); Teacher Education; Gender Studies |
| Willox Backus | Lara | 2nd | backus@email.unc.edu 704-965-0084 |
Elementary Social Studies; Social Justice; Teacher Education |